Emerging Technologies & Winter Road Maintenance Workshop

With the escalating unpredictability of severe winter weather, the critical importance of effective road maintenance and infrastructure safety has been thrust into the spotlight. Harsh seasonal conditions present complex logistical challenges that demand seamless, proactive coordination across municipal transportation and public safety sectors. Traditional methods of snow clearing and ice management often rely on reactive […]

First Symposium on Crowd Management and Safety in Mass Gatherings

The Challenge of Mega-Events With the arrival of the 2026 FIFA World Cup™ in Toronto, the critical importance of crowd management and safety at mass gatherings has been thrust into the spotlight. Mega-events of this scale bring together staggering volumes of spectators, creating complex movement flows that demand seamless, multi-layered coordination across various public safety […]

First Symposium on Crowd Management and Safety in Mass Gatherings

The Challenge of Mega-Events With the arrival of the 2026 FIFA World Cup™ in Toronto, the critical importance of crowd management and safety at mass gatherings has been thrust into the spotlight. Mega-events of this scale bring together staggering volumes of spectators, creating complex movement flows that demand seamless, multi-layered coordination across various public safety […]

An Introduction to Mine Action

Mine Action: Innovation, Sustainability, and Global Partnerships Speaker Series Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) continue to pose a critical humanitarian and developmental challenge worldwide. These hazards hinder infrastructure development, agricultural productivity and socio-economic recovery directly impacting the achievement of multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), unmanned […]

Code Silver: Active Attacker Lockdown

Emergency Management in Hospitals & Healthcare 2026 Emergency management (EM) is often taught in the context of community, provincial, national and international emergencies. There is currently a gap in disaster and emergency management (DEM) education and training when transitioning from a generic and public emergency management context to a hospital and health care setting. Emergencies […]

From Concept to Field Deployment: UAV-Enabled Testing and Validation facility for AI-Driven landmine and UXO detection Technologies at the Swiss Drone Competence Center

Mine Action: Innovation, Sustainability and Global Partnerships Speaker Series Landmines and explosive remnants of war continue to pose a critical humanitarian and developmental challenge worldwide. These hazards hinder infrastructure development, agricultural productivity and socio-economic recovery, directly impacting the achievement of multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals. Emerging technologies such as AI, unmanned systems, robotics and digital […]

The Mine Action Innovation Hub: challenges and enablers of the mine action innovation system

Mine Action: Innovation, Sustainability and Global Partnerships Speaker Series Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) continue to pose a critical humanitarian and developmental challenge worldwide. These hazards hinder infrastructure development, agricultural productivity and socio-economic recovery, directly impacting the achievement of multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Emerging technologies such as AI, unmanned systems, robotics […]

The Burn MCI Gap: Critical Vulnerabilities in Canadian Healthcare Systems

Emergency Management in Hospitals & Healthcare 2026 Emergency management (EM) is often taught in the context of community, provincial, national and international emergencies. There is currently a gap in disaster and emergency management (DEM) education and training when transitioning from a generic and public emergency management context to a hospital and health care setting. Emergencies […]

From Evacuation to Recovery: Lessons from the North Shore Fire

Emergency Management in Hospitals & Healthcare Speaker Series There is currently a gap in disaster and emergency management (DEM) education and training when transitioning from a generic and public emergency management context to a hospital and health care setting. Emergencies affect hospitals differently and require unique approaches to EM efforts. Hospitals and healthcare facilities also […]

Code Yellow – Missing Patients and Residents

Emergency Management in Hospitals & Healthcare Speaker Series There is currently a gap in disaster and emergency management (DEM) education and training when transitioning from a generic and public emergency management context to a hospital and health care setting. Emergencies affect hospitals differently and require unique approaches to EM efforts. Hospitals and healthcare facilities also […]